In most of my encounters with the police, they've been professional and kind. It also helps that I'm polite, honest, and respond to their commands. When I get pulled over, I'll immediately roll down my window and keep both hands on the steering wheel, where they can see them, until after he/she has approached my vehicle.
Once, during a night of drinking, I was pulled over in a college campus. I had drank heavily that night, to the point of puking and passing out. By the time I decided to drive home, I hadn't had anything to drink for nearly 4 hours. I was pulled over, told the office the entire (true) story, and given a field sobriety test and breathalyzer. They cuffed me up and took me to the police station. At the station, they gave me a second breathalyzer. After 30 minutes of waiting, the officer returned and told me that my story checked out. At the scene, my BAC was .078 (.08 is the legal limit) and my BAC had dropped with the second breathalyzer. They didn't charge me with a crime and drove me home (as they had impounded my car). I think that if I had lied and said that I hadn't been drinking, I probably would have been arrested.
I've only had one "bad" incident with a cop, and that was an off-duty cop in their personal vehicle. I was in the right lane of a 4-lane divided highway. I had another car next to me in the left lane, and the cop (of course, I didn't know it was a cop) pulled out in front of me and wouldn't let me pass. He then radioed me ahead as a drunk driver (hadn't had a drop of alcohol) and had me pulled over by an on-duty officer who subjected me to a sobriety test.
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